Kategorija: Sports Law

  • Article on the Superleague case: Latvian view

    Article of Āris Kakstāns on the football Superleague In the November’s edition 2023 of the Sporta Avīze has been published. How does the Superleague project looks for the Latvian sports? In the Article it is briefly discussed on what is the EUCJ’s past and current record in relation to the sports law cases. For those…

  • Client case in Sports Law meeting the Latvian Education Law

    We advised parents of a young athlete in a dispute with a sports school concerning wrong decisions by the coaches. 🇱🇻The complexity of the case hides in the Laws on education being applied together with the regulations of the sports organisation.  🛷The case has been like an ice track with high speed curves. Why such…

  • Bet ads and sports. Betting company sponsorship and ads in Latvia

    The edition of July 2023 of the leading Latvian sports journal covers this matter of bet ads and sports vs. betting company sponsorship and ads in Latvia. Last time we looked at this matter in 2019, when there was still some relatively fresh case law and court practice. In recent years we could not find…

  • Hockey championship in Riga

    In 2023 Riga is hosting its second IIHF ice hockey world championship in 3 years. The previous one was in 2021, in a semi-pandemic world. How many cities or countries have been able to manage that many world championships in such a short time? What is special with ##IIHFWorlds this time? State aid for the…

  • Sports agents – article of May’23 in Sporta Avīze

    The Latvian profession classification recognizes sports agents as a job. In real life it is very rare to be employed as sports agents. The State Revenue Service – the tax authority, as we call it here – has excluded this profession from average earnings reports due to there being less than 10 representatives. In this…

  • Who owns the sports – article in March’23 Sporta Avīze

    The real owners of sports teams in Latvia is a sensitive topic. We summarize the choice of legal entity form – can you imagine how the sports teams in most popular leagues’ actually organize their affairs? After the raise of “ultimate beneficiary” concept, some organizations have dared to disclosed who in reality is their “boss”,…

  • Gender equality – article of January ’23 in Sporta Avīze

    The gender equality has been on the agendas of sports bodies for some time now. Typically, we look at the prize monies and salaries of men vs. women to detect (in)equality. The article of January’s Sporta Avīze addresses the matter beyond just finances being the only criteria of gender equality. The article is available also…

  • Assisting a footballer in salary dispute

    We have successfully advised a former Latvian national Team Footballer in his dispute against his employer, a Latvian higher division club. Here are some of the key takeaways from the process, useful to know for everyone involved with Football. Player vs. Club position The football club had not paid salaries for several periods to the…

  • Football club licensing 2021 review

    Football club licensing in 2021 in Latvia offered some unexpected turns. Latvian football expansion Virslīga, the Latvian Higher League, in 2020 contained 10 teams. For two seasons in row the league attempted expansion. Compared to 2019, the league had expanded by one team (nine teams finished the season in 2019). similar trend as a year…